For today’s match, we are sticking with Impact Wrestling and we are checking out the Knockouts this time around as Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Rosemary (Decay) takes on challenger Jade in a Monster’s Ball Match (the last one so far to date). As Rosemary was walking around the ring being a freak, Jade wasted no time hitting her with a suicide dive and some lefts and rights. It wouldn’t last long as Rosemary was able to duck under a clothesline and deliver one of her to Jade on the ramp. As soon as they entered the ring, Rosemary quickly resorted to using the weaponry at her dispense beating jade with a trash can lid and even a kendo stick. Rosemary however would take too much time as she exited the ring to grab a little black bag that we all know contains those lovely thumbtacks. As he spread them around one corner of the ring, she looked to deliver a vertical suplex to Jade, but Jade blocked her attempts and threw her off and hit her with a missile dropkick. This created some much needed separation for Jade as she was a little bit out of her element in this match that more suited Rosemary.

Jade would take her belt off and she’d use it on Rosemary for a bit before grabbing the kendo stick. Unfortunately, she catered to the crowd too much and it allowed Rosemary to use the trash can itself stealing the advantage. After positioning a trash can between Jade’s legs, she would climb the top for what we believed was going to be a missile dropkick right into it, but Jade got up and used the trash barrel to knock her down. Immediately after that, Jade delivered a German suplex to Rosemary on top of the thumbtacks that Rosemary laid out earlier in the match. As soon as Rosemary rose to her feet, she tried to use her secret weapon which was the mist, but Jade used the trash can lid to block it. After weathering a tiny attack from Rosemary, Jade drove her right into the barbwire covered board. She would then take the board, lay it on top of Rosemary and then deliver a lionsault on top of the board driving the barbwire right into Rosemary. How much more could Rosemary possibly endure in this match as he game plan was failing right in front of her own eyes. Jade’s ultimate reason for her demise is that she took too long climbing the ropes and signalling to the crowd that she was going to try for a 450 splash, because it gave Rosemary time to cut off the attempt. Rosemary would then deliver the final nail in the coffin with a superplex right into a table as she immediately covered Jade after for the 1-2-3.

At one time or another, everyone must have thought that the character of Abyss was a complete total rip off of Mick Foley’s Mankind character. How about for now we look at it as the possible evolution of that character and what it could have been in the hands of a more physical specimen like Abyss. What if I told you that the two of them collided in the ring at TNA’s Bound For Glory 2009 PPV in a Monster’s Ball Match which is basically a hardcore match always involving Abyss. It was the hardcore legend taking on his demonic doppelganger in a match that only one could walk out in one piece and it featured Dr. Stevie (Stevie Richards) as the special guest referee. As Abyss was making his way to ringside, Mick felt it necessary to skip having an entrance and he opted to use a barbwire covered baseball bat on Abyss. Mick would take Abyss to the ramp where he would hit him with a swinging neck breaker, but the ever crazy mind of Mick Foley started to work as he climbed the stage set. Abyss began to follow, but unfortunately for him, Foley would punch him off of the set and Abyss went through the entrance ramp.

With Abyss out of it, Foley grabbed the bat and went charging in with it as he crashed on top of Abyss. Abyss though was not out of the match at all he began fighting back hitting Foley in the ring with a trash can three times. Abyss would take his eyes off of Foley for a moment as he grabbed a board with barbwire from the outside. As soon as he tried to chokeslam Foley, Mick was able to reverse it with a DDT on top of the board. He would follow it up by taking the barbwire on the bat across the forehead of Abyss. Abyss would gain a bit of offense as he reversed an Irish whip into the corner where another board of barbwire was with an Irish whip of his own. When he went to do the splash, things did not go his way as Foley moved out in time and then dropped an elbow on Abyss who was sandwiched between two boards. Dr. Stevie would make a huge mistake in the match, he would hand Foley thumbtacks. Now the mistake would come when he reminded Abyss that if he used the thumbtacks to his advantage in any way, he would lose the match.

So, he dropped Foley and delivered Shock Treatment to Richards instead eliminating him from the match. Daffney would make her way out to ringside where she would hand Foley a taser and believe me he used it on poor Abyss. As a new referee came down to ringside, Abyss was able to kick out (it looked like the referee stopped so that he could). Foley would then pull out Mr. Socko and he would wrap him with some barbwire, but Abyss was able to avoid it with a drop toe hold that sent Foley face first into the barbwire board. When the referee went for the count, Stevie would pull him out of the ring and he would knock out the new referee. It was complete chaos at ringside as Daffney climbed the ropes as it looked like she wanted to attack Abyss, but instead of that, Abyss would choke slam her into a board of barbwire that one side was held by the ring while the other by the security barrier. Dr. Stevie tried to get involved by attacking Abyss, but the big man delivered a black hole slam right on top of the thumbtacks eliminating that threat from the match. Abyss would then dispose of Foley by chokeslamming him into the barbwire covered board, but there was no referee. Now worries because he grabbed Richards, dragged him over, and used his hand to count the 1-2-3 for the win.

It’s been a little while since we had an Impact Wrestling (formerly TNA) match here on Mr. X’s Punch Out and there is nothing better in that company than their X-Division. It’s the division that built that brand to where it is with guys like Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles, The Motor City Machine Guns, and so many more came through that division. On the live episode of Impact Wrestling yesterday, they decided to have a six man X Division championship match with champion Trevor Lee (accompanied to the ring by Gregory Helms) defending his belt against Sonjay Dutt, Suicide, Dezmond Xavier, Andrew Everett, and a mystery opponent which turned out to be former X-Division champion Low Ki who was making his fourth return to the Impact Zone in Orlando. With six men in the six sided ring at once, you knew you were bound to get some holy sh** moments in the match for sure. Trevor Lee was not happy about having to defend his belt against that kind of odds so he kciked off the match attack Andrew Everett first. Of course, it became an all out war at ringside as everyone was just going at it, but Trevor Lee may have benefited first.

He attacked Low Ki from behind and temporarily put him out of the picture in the corner before he tried to work on Suicide. Suicide was however ready for him as he set up in a butterfly like submission hold. Dezmond would try to get himself some of Suicide, but he found himself in the same submission hold. Then out of nowhere, Sonjay takes Dezmond and does a running swinging DDT, but he used all of the competitors to do the swinging DDT. Every single competitor would then try for a drop kick all at the same time, but no one connected. Trevor Lee would attempt to attack every competitor in the ring, but then he was drop kicked by all five men at the same time. Dezmond Xavier quickly took over the match with some impressive handstand flips as he dodged opponents in the ring and flipped onto opponents to the outside of the ring. When we came back from commercial break, Trevor Lee was in the ring and he laid a vicious standing double foot stomp on poor Andrew Everett, who by the way had been calling him out for weeks. As I said before, these types of matches are all about the spots that happen and there’s plenty.

Lee was a man on a mission in this match as he tried to make sure that no one else entered the ring while he worked on Everett to which he slammed him against the corner. After clearing the ring again of any intruders by Lee, we were shown Sonjay Dutt who was on the outside of the ring with one eye swollen shut. We were wondering how he was going to continue in the match, but it didn’t matter as Lee was still in control. Everett tried to fight back, but Lee was too good and was quick to end his attempt at a run. Lee continued to grind down Everett, but Everett’s counter the springboard handstand elbow would give all the other competitors the chance to get back in the ring. Somehow though, Lee is able to clear the ring again after hip tossing all of them in the ring. Then in a matter of seconds all hell would break loose in the ring with Lee hitting Suicide with the collision course, but then he and Low Ki would team up to get rid of him.

Then out of nowhere Dezmond hits a 619 using the ring post instead of the ropes onto Low Ki. After missing the double foot stomp onto Low Ki, Dezmond was hit with a huge dropkick that sent him flying into a turnbuckle hard. Then out of nowhere, a one eyed Dutt hits Low Ki with a splash, but he can’t get the pinfall. Then Suicide was able to get rid of Dutt, but when instead of springboarding onto Everett in the ring, he does a springboard trust fall of sorts on to Lee, Dutt, etc. Then Everett to top them all, does a springboard shooting star press to the outside on all of them for our next holy sh** moment of the match. After hitting Dezmond and Lee with Frankendrivers, Everett was sent to the outside by Low Ki who would then deliver and double stomp to Lee. It’s a no brainer at this point as Low Ki covered him for the 1-2-3. We have a new X-Division champion. Hey, don’t forget to like our page on Facebook at Facebook.com/MRXPUNCHOUT and while you are it why don’t you follow us on Twitter too.

We are continuing to pay tribute here at Mr. X’s Punch Out to all the amazing African Americans that have stepped foot into the squared circle for Black History Month and today is the last entry. The last superstar that we are covering for this is the current kingpin over at TNA Impact Wrestling in Bobby Lashley. Not too many people realize that at one time, Bobby Lashley made an impact in the WWE the mid to late 2000’s when he burst on the scene. After beating the Big Show on an episode of ECW to become the ECW Heavyweight Champion, he would later drop it to Mr. McMahon due to the help of Umaga and Shane McMahon. At the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena for WWE One Night Stand, he would face Mr. McMahon in a street fight for the ECW Championship, but once again Mr. McMahon had both Umaga and Shane McMahon in his corner. As the match started, he was starring down both of the McMahons, but he decided that it was a better option to take out the big man Umaga with a botched moonsault over the ropes that definitely hurt Lashley.

Despite that, Lashley began dominating the match and it looked like he was going to handle the disadvantage of three against one very well, but like all else the numbers game eventually catches up to you. As he went to powerslam Mr. McMahon on the steel chair in the center of the ring, Umaga made the save and Shane DDT’d him on top of the chair. The numbers game was just too much for Lashley as they brutalized him inside and outside of the ring with the three on one assault. Things looked absolutely hopeless for the young man responsible for Mr. McMahon having a shaved head. After choking him with the camera wire, they threw him back in the ring and into Umaga who delivered a punishing Samoan drop, but when McMahon went for the cover, Lashley kicked out at two. Eventually Bobby found his opportunity to strike when Umaga went for the big splash and landed on Mr. McMahon after Lashley moved away.

He cleaned house and then hit Mr. McMahon several times with the chair before nailing him with the dominator. The only problem is on the pin attempt, Umaga pulled him to the outside from the ring. There Umaga would hit him with a superkick followed by a big splash and then he set Lashley up on the ECW announcers table where he then was the victim of an elbow by Shane McMahon as the table collapsed. Even after that, Lashley would kick out on the pin attempt and a frustrated Umaga would continue to work on him hitting a Samoan Wrecking Ball. After Shane would have Umaga hold a trash can against the corner for a coast to coast dropkick, but as soon as he went for it, Lashley moved out of the way. Lashley would proceed to deliver a spear to Shane and then one to the Boss as he covered him after for the 1-2-3. Bobby Lashley was once again ECW World Champion.

We are continuing to pay tribute here at Mr. X’s Punch Out to all the amazing African Americans that have stepped foot into the squared circle for Black History Month. We have already covered not one, but two members of The New Day this month, but you may be asking me how are you covering the third and final member Xavier Woods? Well, it’s quite simple, Woods at one time was in TNA where he went by the name of Consequences Creed. Well on August 10, 2008 at Hard Justice, Creed faced then X-Division champion Petey Williams at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ. Creed had made quite the splash when he entered TNA and on an episode of Impact, he defeated Petey Williams in a non title match which earned him the number one contender spot at Hard Justice. Petey Williams didn’t have his corner man in Big Poppa Pump in his corner that night, but he had Rhaka Khan, but that didn’t phase Creed. Rhaka Khan tried to be a distraction in the beginning of the match, but Creed was on top of his game as he was winning the ground game with Williams.

The first turning point of the match came when Creed tried to perform a Moonsault over the top rope. He hits the moonsault, but on the way down he caught the back of his head on the ring apron. He tried to shake it off, but that gave Williams his chance to take over hitting Creed with a lung blower in the ring. Petey was nailing some impressive moves not allowing Creed to muster any offense like the leaping over the top rope to deliver what looked like a crossbody, but instead became a hurricanrana. Creed never gave up though as in one part of the match, he was hitting Petey with impressive right jabs and elbows and then out of nowhere he hits Petey with a springboard one handed bulldog. Eventually the two began throwing everything they could each other to try and win the match like Petey reversing the Military press double knee gutbuster into a sharpshooter. Creed would eventually hit Petey with the Creed DDT which he followed with a guillotine leg drop.

The only problem is that both wrestlers were refusing to lose. Then out of nowhere Rhaka Khan entered the ring and was met with a fireman’s carry cutter for her trouble, but that gave Petey enough time to compose himself. Petey indeed tried to take advantage, but when he went for the Canadian destroyer, Creed reversed it into an underhook driver (which you can see to the left of this paragraph). Then out of nowhere, Sheik Abdul Bashir made his way down to ringside with a steel chair in hand. Creed didn’t seem to notice or care that he was there because when he tried to hi the ropes for momentum, he was met with the chair to his back by Bashir. That is when Petey took advantage by hitting Creed with the Canadian destroyer for the win. A very entertaining match, but we all know what Creed’s fate would become later on in his career.

We are continuing to pay tribute here at Mr. X’s Punch Out to all the amazing African Americans that have stepped foot into the squared circle for Black History Month. For today, we are leaving the men’s division to check out one of the most intimidating women to ever wrestle in TNA Impact Wrestling history which is Awesome Kong. Before the WWE took their women’s division serious by giving them main event spots on Raw and Smackdown, etc. TNA had been doing that for years with their Knockouts division which was the best in the business at one time. One of the greatest TNA Knockouts Division rivalry of all time is between the legends Gail Kim and Awesome Kong who on the January 10, 2008 episode of TNA Impact became the first women to be the main event. Awesome Kong had already challenged for the TNA Knockouts title on two previous occasions as she lost both efforts. This time she was hoping that the third time was going to be a charm for her as she took on the veteran.

Despite Gail Kim’s speed and agility, Awesome Kong used her size and 150 lb weight difference to her advantage as she took the fight to the outside of the ring as she slammed Kim against the the wall of the ramp. Before we went into commercial break, Awesome Kong set up Kim against the wall of the ramp to try and smash into her, but at the last moment, Kim ran out of the way and Kong went through it. When we came back from break, Kim was able to gain control of the match after a spinning DDT temporarily stunned Kong. She tried for a pin attempt, but Kong kicked out. She then hit a senton, but Kong would kick out of the pin attempt again. Raisha Saeed (Kong’s associate) would provide enough of a distraction that allowed Kong to take over with first a choke slam and then an Implant Buster, but Kim would kick out of the pin attempt. Then it happened, Kim tried to drop kick Kong to the mat, but it didn’t work. She then tried to climb the ropes to hit what looked like a hurricanrana, but the power of Kong allowed her to powerbomb her twice without letting go and then on the third she hits the Awesome Bomb and that was all she wrote as she got the 1-2-3. Awesome Kong was your new TNA Impact Knockouts Champion.

We are continuing to pay tribute to all the amazing African Americans that have stepped foot into the squared circle for Black History Month. The man we are checking out today is a big man who can perform moves like he’s one of the small guys in TNA Impact Grand Champion Moose. In 2016, Moose had teamed up several times with The Miracle Mike Bennett, but squashed their alliance after he was eliminated by Bennett in a battle royal. Fast forward to January 6, 2017 and Moose is your TNA Impact Grand Champion and to settle a score, he would fight Mike Bennett in a No Holds Barred match at TNA One Night Only Live. With Bennett already in the ring, Moose would make his way out to the ring, but as soon as he entered the ring, he was attacked by Bennett before he could even take his sweatshirt off. As soon as the two competitors went to the outside, it looked like Bennett was going to have the upper hand, but Moose was right there to cut him off and give him a big boot to the face.

Moose would eventually slam Bennett on top of a ladder that Bennett had set up, but when he went to do a back flip from the ring onto Bennett that was on the ladder, no one was home as Bennett was able to move out of the way at the right time. Bennett was in full control of the match using the steel chair to his advantage, but at times Bennett would waste too much time and he allowed Moose back into the match. The two would begin to trade jabs, kicks, moonsaults, pop up powerbombs, you name it, but the veteran Bennett knew when to strike and he would with a piledriver on top of a steel chair. When he went for the cover though, Moose would not quit that easily as he kicked out at two. After failing to pin Bennett after a go to hell, it seemed like no matter what Moose did, Bennett had an answer for it. Then it happened, the first holy sh** moment of the match and exactly what I am talking about when I said that Mike had an answer for everything.

Both men were always lobbying for control of the match through out and it seemed like maybe Moose was going to have control after he back body dropped Bennett through a table on the outside. He would throw Bennett back into the ring and he would grab a ladder. He placed Bennett on top of the table and he climbed to the very top rope to perform a Moonsault on top of the table, but when he went to execute it, Bennett moved and hit him with a cutter through the table. Maria Kanellis would prove to be a great asset to Bennett during the match when she prevented Moose from getting the pin after a game breaker by falling on top of the referee. When Moose confronted Maria in the ring, Bennett was setting him up for a spear, but Moose read it the whole time and Bennett ended up spearing his wife. Then Moose would take advantage by hitting the game changer and followed it by covering Bennett for the win. This was a great match despite the fact that it’s TNA.

We were super excited about this years Monster Entertainment Awards because we are always trying to improve things around here by adding more categories like Tag Team Of The Year, Match Of The Year, Tag Team Match Of The Year, and a special Twitter poll we ran for WWE PPV Theme Song Of The Year. Before the voting took place for Wrestler of the Year, we ran some brackets for Indies, TNA, and the WWE to narrow the field down to eight wrestlers and you guys showed up and voted for that. Then when it came time to vote for Wrestler Of The Year, you once again showed up and voiced your opinion for who you wanted to win. It was a close race, but the man who had a stellar debut run in the WWE got what he deserved and that was Wrestler Of The Year for AJ Styles for 2016. As far as the women were concerned, we chose the eight women around the world who we thought were the best. You guys voted and I think the right woman won the race as Charlotte who went undefeated as champion on the PPV’s is your 2016 Female Wrestler Of The Year.

As far as Tag Team of the Year was concerned, we had no doubt that it was undoubtedly going to be too sweet as The Young Bucks claimed that trophy as the first ever Monster Entertainment Tag Team Of The Year. Now as far as Match of the Year was concerned, I thought that was a toss up with so many great matches listed there, but the match that takes the reigns as Match Of The Year belongs to Shinsuke Nakamura who took on Sami Zayn at NXT TakeOver: Dallas. As far as Tag Team match of the year was concerned, I was a little shocked because I thought for sure the tag team of the year was going to be in that, but then again #DIY vs The Revival at NXT TakeOver: Toronto was a great match indeed. Now as far as the WWE PPV Theme Song Of The Year was concerned, we ran three seperate brackets on Twitter with the three winners battling each other for ultimate supremacy. The three finalists were Airbourne with Breaking Outta Hell (WWE Hell In A Cell), Paranoid by A Day To Remember (NXT TakeOver: The End), and Relentless by Of Mice And Men (NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II). The winner when it was all said and done was Airbourne with Breakin Outta Hell from WWE Hell In A Cell.

As you are all aware, we have teamed up with Moshpits and Movies once again for the 6TH Annual Monster Entertainment Awards because after all we host the wrestling side of things. We have a lot of firsts for the Monster Entertainment Awards because we have added some new categories to the awards besides Male and Female Wrestler Of The Year. We have added the categories of Tag Team Of The Year, Match Of The Year, and Tag Team Match Of The Year because there is just so much goodness going down in the world of wrestling whether it be Ring Of Honor, NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling), WWE, TNA, Lucha Underground, etc. Now it is time to vote and time for you guys to decide once and for all who the winners are and who goes home empty handed. You have until January 29TH to decide and choose carefully and wisely. We understand that this will probably turn into a popularity contest, but vote based on credentials and have fun with it too. Here are the categories:

As you are all aware, we have teamed up with Moshpits and Movies once again for the 6TH Annual Monster Entertainment Awards because after all we host the wrestling side of things. We have a lot of first for the Monster Entertainment Awards because we have added some new categories to the awards besides Male and Female Wrestler Of The Year. We have added the categories of Tag Team Of The Year, Match Of The Year, and Tag Team Match Of The Year because there is just so much goodness going down in the world of wrestling whether it be Ring Of Honor, NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling), WWE, TNA, Lucha Underground, etc. Right now, we are just here to tell you the nominees to every category, but when it’s time to vote, we will let all of you know because after all you are the ones who decide who wins. Here are the nominees and Don’t forget to like our page on Facebook at Facebook.com/MRXPUNCHOUT and follow us on Twitter too.:

Wrestler Of The Year

1. AJ Styles

2. Shinsuke Nakamura

3. Kevin Owens

4. Roman Reigns

5. Broken Matt Hardy

6. Bobby Lashley

7. Kenny Omega

8. Adam Cole

Female Wrestler Of The Year

1. Charlotte

2. Sasha Banks

3. Asuka

4. Bayley

5. Jade

6. Gail Kim

7. Sexy Star

8. Madison Eagles

Tag Team Of The Year

1. The Young Bucks

2. The New Day

3. Addiction

4. American Alpha

5. DIY

6. The Revival

7. Roppongi Vice

8. The Briscoe Brothers

Match Of The Year

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs AJ Styles- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10

2. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10

3. Kenny Omega vs Tetsuya Naito- NJPW G1 Climax 26- Day 18

4. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn- NXT Takeover Dallas

5. Kota Ibushi vs Cedric Alexander- CWC Tapings

6. AJ Styles vs John Cena- WWE Summerslam 2016

7. Dolph Ziggler vs The Miz- WWE No Mercy 2016

8. Marty Scurll vs Dragon Lee vs Will Ospreay- ROH Final Battle 16

Tag Team Match Of The Year

1. The Young Bucks vs The Addiction vs The Motor City Machine Guns- ROH/NJPW All Star Extravaganza VIII